Preparing to Give Assessments on a Session Manager MIDSA

To give assessments on computers other than the one that has the Administrator MIDSA, the Administrator must create a file with authorizations for both Session Managers and respondents. The Session Managers will then import this information into the Session Manager MIDSA before they give an assessment.

NOTE: If the assessment is to be taken in the Administrator MIDSA, skip this.

Choose Export Authorization File from the workspace or from the Respondent menu.

1. A list of authorized Session Managers is displayed.
   If all your Session Managers appear, click the Next button.
   If any Session Managers are missing, it may be because you did not input them into MIDSA or it may be because they are deauthorized or inactive. To determine the problem check in the View Session Manager List. Be sure to choose the All filter (at the top) to find inactive and deauthorized Session Managers. If the desired Session Managers appear in the All list, click on the Authorize button to see if they are inactive or deauthorized and change their status to active and authorized. 
If the desired Session Managers are not on the list, choose New Session Manager and create authorizations for them.
2. Next a list of authorized respondents is displayed. Choose the respondents you wish to take the MIDSA on a Session Manager computer by checking the box next to their name.  If you want all of the authorized respondents to take the MIDSA on remote computers, click the Select/Unselect All checkbox. A page will come up confirming the selected respondents. 


   
   NOTE: Once you complete this step, those respondents can NOT be given assessments on the Administrator MIDSA; they must take the assessment on a Session Manager MIDSA.
3. If the Administrator MIDSA has been updated since the last time you created an authorization file, you must update the Session Manager MIDSA as well. The Session Manager MIDSA will not be able to accept the authorization file if the Administrator MIDSA is a newer version than they are. Click on the radio button for Yes, Please Include Updates. If you have not updated the Administrator MIDSA, leave the No, Do NOT Update choice checked.
4. The final step is to save your authorization file so you can transfer it to the Session Manager who will give the assessments. By default the file will be called “auth file” followed by the date and will be saved to the “auth files” folder inside the MIDSA folder in Documents. If you wish to change the name of the file or to save it to another location (say, a flash drive) click on the Browse button. The program displays a standard Save dialog box (example is for Windows).

To change the name of the file, enter a name for the file in the field called File Name: in Windows and Save As: on the Macintosh. The program will give it the unique extension of .auth. 


NOTE: If you cannot find the file after you have saved it, you can search for the file name you gave it or .auth to find your file.

Click the Finish button.

NOTE: If this is the first time you are giving an authorization file to a Session Manager, remember to give them their username and password.